Updates From Tanzania Election Activities:
Last weekend they were opening parliament and there was a state dinner planned for all guests that was going to cost about 300m. President Magulufi cut the budget to 25m and ordered that the rest be taken to buy hospital beds for Muhimbili they got 300 beds and mattresses and 600 bed sheets from that money.
On 23rd Nov 2015 he announced that there will be no official ceremonies for Independence Day on 9th December, the money is to be used for more pressing issues and the day should instead be spent cleaning up our environment.
On Saturday 21st November 2015 a group of 50 people were about to set off for a tour of commonwealth countries (don’t know for what) but President Magulufi cut that list down to 4 people, saving government 600m in tickets, accommodation and per diems
No more foreign travel, embassies will take care; if it’s necessary to go, special permission must be sought from him or Chief Secretary
No more 1st class and business class travel for all officials except President, Vice, and Prime Minister.
No more workshops and seminars in expensive hotels when there are so many ministry board rooms available.
President Magulufi asked how come engineers are given V8s when a pick-up is more suitable for their jobs.
No more sitting allowances, how the hell are you paid allowance for a job which you have a monthly salary; that also applies to MPs.
President Magulufi has literally pressed the reset button; returning Tanzania to default factory settings, because that was the TZ Nyerere left us with.
On the day after he was brought to power, in the morning as State House officials were showing him round he decided to take a walk to ministry of finance, told them to get their act together, asked why some employees weren’t in office (ever since then the traffic jam in mornings has become worse) and ordered TRA to scrap all tax exemptions, everyone must pay taxes especially the big guys
President Magulufi went to Muhimbili Hospital unannounced and walked thru the worst parts that they keep hiding from important visitors he fired the director, fired the hospital board and ordered that all machines that weren’t working (so that people go to private hospitals owned by some doctors) to be repaired within 2 weeks otherwise he fires even the new director; the machines were repaired in 3 days
Finally, last week when going to officially open parliament President Magulufi didn’t go by plane, drove the whole 600km from Dar to Dodoma.
President Magulufi has reduced the size of the presidential convoy, even reduced the size of presidential delegation that travels with him
President Magulufi chose a Prime Minister we haven’t heard of before, a guy with reputation for hard work and no corruption all the big guys we expected could be PM have been let wondering what hit them.
His motto is: Hapa Kazi Tu
After President Magulufi visited Ministry of finance and Muhimbii Hospital without announcing it is said the port (most corrupt, delaying, thieving officials) were all of a sudden the most efficient place. No loads are missing, things are done quickly and that habit of forcing for a bribe so that your container is released is no more.
Oh, they say when he was confirmed as winner people started congratulating him and wanting to bring gifts to his place he turned them back, saying he will receive all congrats over the phone, nobody should visit him.
All individuals/firms that bought state companies that were privatized but haven’t done anything (20yrs later) are to either revive the industries immediately or hand them back to the government.
We have a chance to change Zambia into a good country only if we together vote for Hakainde Hichilema and his UPND team in 2016 general elections. With Edgar Lungu Zambia will sink deeper than Zimbabwe it will be difficult to redeem it by anyone after his un planned reign.
Let us look at things like this: Mwanawasa was a lawyer, and he won by only 26 percent. We called him cabbage. We did not expect him to perform.What happened in he turned around thing like we never though. Lungu on the other hand has his job to protect for 1 year. What is common between Mwanawasa and Lungu is that they are both lawyers and not economists. Let lungu win 2016 elections, we will all see that he can control thing. He will not be afraid of anybody. He will perform much more than Mwanawasa. Let us wait and see.
Lungu is a slow learner that is if he ever learns anything.
Plotted government,more expenses on foreign trips coz our own has no vision he will never see such as extra costs
Shame on the Zambian President Lungu chartering jets from Lusaka to New York with a very large delegation!
This new Tanzanian President is more like our own late president Sata.
He is the one after Sata’s vision. I wish Lungu was like him!!
Don’t rewrite/ fake our history. Sata started all this mismanagement that EL is doing. Actually RB made sure he is back in the system to finish off Zambia with his sons after seeing that Sata had no brakes completely over tribalism and the use of government resources for personal and tribal enrichment. So don’t cheat us that Sata was our moses and a prudent manager of our resources.
EL has already chased the IMF guys because he cant walk that route of Tanzanian president.
Sata had NO vision and this suffering is part of his poor management of our affairs which has been worsened by his nephew Edgar Lungu.
This is the way to go as long as the opposition wont take it as victimization when one of their uncles is fired. These are the same people who can’t realize election time is over.
Look at what transpired at the CBU, and if all were fired,how many offshoots were going to be affected? The PRESIDENT being kind as he is, gave you a second chance and please do not cause him to go Tanzania way.
I have not heard any political party supporting anarchy when the PRESIDENT acted. Here in Zambia the ones to fire are the political parties that go behind to sponsor wrong doings at Universities.
Manje Batu ba president has an opposite mind. RDA is at state house. $300K chartering a plan. New clothes. Blotted cabinet. Insele!
KATWISHI!
I have a feeling this man is an economist because people from this industry ae very strict when it comes to fiscal discipline, they will not spend unnecessarily . One has to give good reasons before certain expenses are approved. What they want is to see growth to see what they are managing make its own money, survive without depending on other sectors. Mr President keep up the good work, I see Tanzania developing at a fast rate with all the savings. Its so comforting to note that in Africa we still have people who feel for me a poor person. If only we could have 10 or 20 people of the magufuli and HH type Africa would be a far much better continent which everyone would feel proud to live in because there would few economical and political problems.
I know there will be those that will dismiss this, but I don’t care because its the truth anyway. HH has always talked about what the Tanzanian President has done (prudent spending) but what does he get insults, if Tanzania has done it so can Zambia. HH has even demonstrated this by not flying first class instead he does that on ordinary, it is not as if he can not afford first class, the reason however is that, whatever is saved from such forthrightedness is then pushed into other businesses of his interest. Well its up to you and I chose the type of Zambia we want not just for our children but for ourselves aswell since we are still living we haven’t died yet. Lets shape it the way it should be shaped and not to make certain individuals continue stepping all over us like a doormat.
I have a feeling this man is an economist because people from this industry ae very strict when it comes to fiscal discipline, they will not spend unnecessarily . One has to give good reasons before certain expenses are approved. What they want is to see growth to see what they are managing make its own money, survive without depending on other sectors. Mr President keep up the good work, I see Tanzania developing at a fast rate with all the savings. Its so comforting to note that in Africa we still have people who feel for me a poor person. If only we could have 10 or 20 people of the magufuli and HH type Africa would be a far much better continent which everyone would feel proud to live in because there would few economical and political problems.
I know there will be those that will dismiss this, but I don’t care because its the truth anyway. HH has always talked about what the Tanzanian President has done (prudent spending) but what does he get insults, if Tanzania has done it so can Zambia. HH has even demonstrated
Not our kateka busy thinking about winning the next election